I'm doing a knob & tube re-wire because after years of handymen messing with it, I want to make the house safe for my tenants. I'm getting quotes now, and the electricians have been suggesting interrelated smoke a...

We have just finished rehabbing an apartment, electrical wiring, plumbing, paint, furniture, everything new.The FIRST vacation rental (Airbnb) host the we received just left and it smelled tobacco like crazy.We made i...

I recently bought and new house and am renting out my condo. My renters are great, but the problem is that the people downstairs smoke Weed...pretty much EVERY day, ALL day. It has been this way for years and I was...

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My wife and I are planning on moving to Las vegas. We found a nice home in the area that we want to live in. Problem is, the previous owners were major smokers and the house reeks like smoke. The t...

@ the conference, I disucussed with a few landlords my ans to convert all smoke detectors over to the ones with a 10 year battery. I didn't realize how rock bottom cheap they are. Any landlord with a little experience...

Hello everyone- I thought I found a great tenant but my upstairs neighbors have complained that the tenant’s guest smokes cigarettes and marijuana in the patio and the smoke drifts up into their unit. Per my rental ag...

Good evening BPers,Help/ Advise needed :) Today we have run across a fire/ smoke damaged property, it’s off market, the owner has got paid by insurance company, he is asking ~195K, the ARV ~400K. it’s a very nice 2 ...

My newly purchase house has a Cigarette smoke from the previous owner. Ozone treatment and duct cleaning is done, it helped but still smoke is there. Next step is I am moving to get house paint with Zinsser or Kilz pr...

I've got a tenant that is smoking cigarettes and weed in the unit, both of which violate his lease agreement.  I haven't approached him yet because I'm not exactly sure what's the best way to do it.  I've been lucky s...

I recently signed up for a 0% APR credit card. Shortly thereafter, I got a thing in the mail from a local lender saying that I qualify for their discounted rate program: a $726,525 loan at 4.15% APR over 30yrs. I made...